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Alexander James Kidwell, referred to as the "Father of Jamestown", a merchant, Special Justice of the Peace, and Methodist preacher. The sandstone Kidwell Memorial Church in the main street was named in his memory, as is the adjacent Kidwell Street. His grandparents – Alexander Kidwell and Phebe Tubb
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This article is about Jamestown in the Eastern Cape. For Jamestown in the Western Cape, see
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poet, writer, cabaretist and academic, educated and matriculated in Jamestown.
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Populated places in the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality
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Jamestown, Western Cape
Jamestown is located in Eastern Cape
Jamestown is located in South Africa
Jamestown is located in Africa
31°07′17″S 26°48′24″E / 31.12139°S 26.80667°E / -31.12139; 26.80667
Country
South Africa
Province
Eastern Cape
District
Joe Gqabi
Municipality
Walter Sisulu
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Xhosa
Afrikaans
English
Sotho
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
Postal code
PO box
Area code
N6

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